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In this June 28, 2017, file photo, Pope Francis, left, and Pope Benedict XVI, meet each other on the occasion of the elevation of five new cardinals at the Vatican. Retired Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence to reaffirm ... more >

Retired Pope Benedict XVI links “homosexual marriage” to the “spiritual power of the Anti-Christ” in a new authorized biography published in Germany.

“One hundred years ago, everybody would have considered it to be absurd to speak of a homosexual marriage,” the pope emeritus said, according to press reviews of the new book. “Today, one is being excommunicated by society if one opposes it.”

The new biography, “Benedict XVI — A Life,” is written by Peter Seewald and set to be published in English in November.

In January, Benedict requested that his name be removed as co-author from a book by conservative Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah defending priestly celibacy.The 93-year-old former pontiff retired in 2013.